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===Consonants===
===Consonants===


Common Mavortian has a total of 14 consonants which according to the World Atlas of Lanɡuaɡe Stucture is a small inventory. The most striking features of the inventory, according to WALS, are missing /p, ɡ/ and the absence of phonemic fricatives. The lack of phonemic fricatives is an areal feature of the languages of the Summer Lands. The consonants are displayed in the table below:
Common Mavortian has a total of 16 consonants which according to the World Atlas of Lanɡuaɡe Stucture is a moderately small inventory. The most striking features of the inventory, according to WALS, are missing /p, ɡ/ and the absence of phonemic fricatives. The lack of phonemic fricatives is an areal feature of the languages of the Summer Lands. The consonants are displayed in the table below:


{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
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|  || Labial ||Central Alveolar||Lateral Alveolar||Palato-Alveolar|| Dorsal||Uvular||Glottal
|  || Labial ||Central Alveolar||Lateral Alveolar||Palato-Alveolar|| Palatal||Velar||Uvular||Glottal
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| Voiceless Stop || || /t/||||/tʃ/||/k/||/q{{IPA|ꭓ}}/||
| Voiceless Stop || || /t/||||/tʃ/||/cç/†||/k/||/q{{IPA|ꭓ}}/||
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| Voiced Stop || /b/ || /d/||||/dʒ/||||||
| Voiced Stop || /b/ || /d/||||/dʒ/||/ɟʝ/†||||||
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| Nasal || /m/ || /n/ ||||||||||
| Nasal || /m/ || /n/ ||||||||||||
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|Approximant||/w/||/ɹ/||/l/||||/j/||||/h/
|Approximant||/w/||/ɹ/||/l/||||/j/||||||/h/
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